中國第五個南極考察站開建在即

China plans to finish its fifth station in the Antarctic in next five years, said Yang Huigen, director of the Polar Research Institute of China.

中國極地研究中心主任楊惠根於日前表示，我國計劃在5年後建成第5個南極站。

Icebreaker Xuelong left Shanghai to begin the country's 34th Antarctic expedition.

破冰船“雪龍號”近日從上海出發，開始了我國第34次南極科考。

One key objective of this expedition is to start construction of a new year-round research station on Inexpressible Island in Terra Nova Bay of the Ross Sea.

此次科考的一個重要目標就是在羅斯海特拉諾灣的恩科斯堡島上開始建設新的常年考察站。

The new base will fill in the blank left in China's Antarctic research since the Great Wall and Zhongshan stations cover different directions, one towards the Atlantic and the other towards the Indian Ocean, Yang said.

楊惠根稱，新站將填補中國南極地區的考察空白。長城站和中山站覆蓋南極不同區域，分別面向大西洋和印度洋的方向。

The Ross Sea, facing the South Pacific includes the largest ice shelf in the continent and is regarded as the least disturbed marine ecosystem.

羅斯海面向南太平洋，擁有南極洲最大的冰架，被認爲是受到外界干擾最小的海洋生態系統。

China also has the Taishan and Kunlun stations, two summer stations, in the Antarctic inland ice sheet.

我國還有兩個地處南極內陸冰蓋的度夏站--泰山站和崑崙站。

During the expedition, scientists and engineers will start building a temporary dock and shelters, unload machinery and survey the surrounding landscape and waters, Yang said.

楊惠根表示，科考期間，科學家和工程師將開始建設臨時碼頭和住所、卸下機械裝備並勘測周邊地形和水域。